Remember, there was a time when Square Enix seemed to be exclusively in Nintendo's stable, not Sony's. As we started to witness near the end of the last technology cycle and throughout the current one, the age of the exclusive release is nearly over. Short of first-party developers, no one can justify limiting their sales by releasing a hot property on a single platform.
The days are gone when Ken Kutaragi could rely on Rockstar and Square to provide a stable of worthy competitors for the title of "must-have videogame." We're nearing an era where the purchase of a particular hardware platform is dictated by its features rather than its software. From the perspective of the average consumer, that's a pretty nice place to be.
Author: Ed Kirchgessner
